Improvement in hame-fastenerj



y haine-loops on their lower ends.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. NEWCOMB, MUSGATINE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR 0F (JNE-HALF HIS f RIGHT TOJAMES M. WIER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPRovEMEN'r iN' HAMEFAsTENERs.

Specification -forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,146, datedFebruary 29,1876; application filed February 2, 1876.

-eompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pair ofhaines and of my device. Fig. 2 is a bottomplan View of my device alone,and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. 2 on the plane of the line x. A

Referring to the parts by letters, letters A represent the two sides ot'a pair of haines, front view, and B B represent the ordinary its shankend extended, and provided with side iianges c c, stayed by across-piece, c', at one of their ends. D is a hook, the shank end ofwhich iits snugly between the jaws c, and the upper side of which isnotched to corre- O is a hook,

spond with the adjacent face of the shank of ,shown by dotted lines-atFig. 3, the hook D may be moved longitudinally at pleasure between thejaws c, and by turning the same lever down to the position shown by fulllines it may be locked in any desired position, and thus used to tightenor loosen the hames at pleasure, the hooks being engaged in the loops B.

I claimv The hook C, havingy jaws c, connected by a cross-piece, c', andnotched shank, arranged to operate with the similarly-notched shankhookD, by pressure together, by means ofa cani, E c, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

JAMES E. NEWCOMB.

Witnesses:

THos. MCKEE, C. M. HALL'.

